As immigrants increasingly fill its pews in Spain, the Catholic Church is advocating more inclusive policies to the broader ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

Gaudí, nicknamed "God's architect," was declared "venerable" by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to ...

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When Francis became the first Latin American pope in 2013, many hoped he would reverse the Roman Catholic Church’s decline in ...

King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...

Antoni Gaudi was a devout Catholic and believed the construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica was his way to make ...

In Spain, Holy Week is not merely a spectacle or just another religious event, it is a time of profound faith, history and ... the brotherhood was founded. Church archives reveal that in 1700 ...

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...